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His training as a psychiatrist began in 1960 at the University of London (at the Bethlem-Maudsley Hospital) and was completed in 1963.
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"Living with Fear" is a self-help book that gives practical advice to people who are suffering from phobias, panic, obsessions, rituals or traumatic distress. In the new edition, the author has updated the book to include new phobias e.g. fear of Aids contamination as well as the latest treatments. References, examples and case studies will be updated throughout the book. The case examples in the current edition are drawn from many parts of the world. He is the consistent best seller in the UK - current edition has sold over 50,000 copies. The author is internationally renowned. In a randomized controlled trial, sufferers who used "Living With Fear" improved as much as sufferers guided by a psychiatrist. It includes case studies and examples that are taken from round the world.
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His training as a psychiatrist began in 1960 at the University of London (at the Bethlem-Maudsley Hospital) and was completed in 1963.
He trained in medicine there, qualifying in 1956. Between 1964 and 2000 he conducted clinical research at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, and the Bethlem-Maudsley Hospital. He became Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at the Institute in 1968, and Professor of Experimental Psychopathology in 1978.
In 2000 he became Professor Emeritus.
From 2000-2003 he ran a computer-aided self-help clinic at Imperial College, London, where he was a Visiting Professor. He is now also Honorary Professor at the Free University of Amsterdam.
Marks’ research included the treatment of anxiety, phobic, obsessive-compulsive and sexual disorders. Interactions between drugs and behavioral psychotherapy.
Development of a nurse behavioral psychotherapist training program (in relation to which he coined the term "barefoot therapist", modelled on Mao Zedong"s term Barefoot Doctor).
Community care of serious mental illness. And health care and cost-effectiveness evaluation. He has developed computer aids both to evaluate treatment outcome and for self-help - matters which continue to be a central interest.
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He was also instrumental in the creation of the self-help organisation Triumph Over Phobia and was a founding member of the BABCP.
